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Box 1

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Letter from Clarence S. Williams, 1922 Nov 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-016
Content Description From the Collection:

Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.

Dates: 1922 Nov 18

Letter from J.R.P. Pringle, 1927 Oct 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-016
Content Description From the Collection:

Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.

Dates: 1927 Oct 12

Letters to Professor George G. Wilson from various NWC presidents, 1895-1927

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-016
Content Description From the Collection:

Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.

Dates: 1895-1927

Paymaster records, 1869 - 1887

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-019
Content Description From the Collection:

Paymaster’s records kept aboard USS Kenosha, USS Plymouth, USS Congress, USS Lancaster, and USS Trenton, 1869–1887, consisting of dates of departure, ports visited, dates of arrival, distances traveled, length of cruises, days at sea, days in port, and miscellaneous related and personal notes; Memoranda on ship’s expenses, pay, and personal matters and accounts, 1883–1893.

Dates: 1869 - 1887

Memoranda relating to ship's accounts, and personal matters and accounts, 1883 - 1893

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-019
Content Description From the Collection:

Paymaster’s records kept aboard USS Kenosha, USS Plymouth, USS Congress, USS Lancaster, and USS Trenton, 1869–1887, consisting of dates of departure, ports visited, dates of arrival, distances traveled, length of cruises, days at sea, days in port, and miscellaneous related and personal notes; Memoranda on ship’s expenses, pay, and personal matters and accounts, 1883–1893.

Dates: 1883 - 1893

Letters sent to his mother, 1862 Jan 6-1863 Dec 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-007
Content Description From the Collection:

Letters to his mother, 1862–1863, written while he was a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, Newport, RI, 1862–1863.

Dates: 1862 Jan 6-1863 Dec 30

Transcriptions of messages, reports, etc. relating to the cutting of the ocean cable at Cienfuegos, Cuba (photocopies), 1898 - 1899

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-008
Content Description From the Collection:

U.S. Naval Academy diploma, 1875; U.S. Naval commissioning certificates signed by Presidents and Secretaries of the Navy, 1882, 1883, 1888, 1899, 1903, 1908, 1911; Army commission certificate, 1916 signed by the President and Secretary of War; Copies of messages, reports, ship’s log entries and other items relating to the cutting of the ocean cable at the entrance to the harbor of Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1898–1899.

Dates: 1898 - 1899

Photographs of VADM Kamada's surrender (reproductions), circa 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-082
Scope and Contents

Reproductions of Japanese VADM Kamada upon the surrender of his naval forces in Dutch Borneo to the Australian 7th Division. The originals of these photos may be found at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Dates: circa 1945

Letters sent to family from USS Plymouth, 1858 Jun 3-Sep 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-166
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, letters sent from USS Plymouth, in Norfolk, VA, Key West, Cuba, and Haiti, June 3–September 20, 1858, to his mother, brother and sister. He describes life aboard ship, personal details, a trip ashore in Sagua, Cuba, and breakfast with a port officer, visiting shops there, receipt of her letter in Havana, Cuba, his studying Spanish, lack of money, the Cuban señoritas, Negroes of Cuba, the ship’s route, visit to Port au Prince, Haiti, and the Negro population there, criticisms of his mess mates and sailors (their lack of manners, education and selfishness), port call in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to transport U.S. Minister, Mr. Forsyth, home, his unfavorable impressions of the city, voyage to Tampico to protect American property, his desire to be home and his dislike of life at sea.

Dates: 1858 Jun 3-Sep 20

Postcards received, 1944-1945 Apr 25, 1954 Jun and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-171
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Postcards sent to her mother, Mrs. F.K. Irvine, Chicago, IL and received, 1944–1946, during her service in the WAVES at the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, New York, USNH, Philadelphia, PA and USNH, San Diego, CA.

Dates: 1944-1945 Apr 25, 1954 Jun and undated